SCARY NEW HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS

Hi all. It’s been a while but i have a few items to post about. This is the most important one. No matter where you live in the country, residency requirements are about to change BIG TIME for homeowners insurance. The new language says you MUST be living at the residence premises at the time the policy starts and each year when it renews.

There are many problems with this, but let’s just pick a few. What about snowbirds? What if you go into the hospital and then to a rehab center for 3 months? what if you just bought the house and want to do some work on it for a few weeks before moving in? what if you head for North Carolina and let one of your kids live in the house?

Anyway, this is going to be a HUGE issue so if you think you may have any such risk, be sure to talk with your agent. There is a partial solution in the form of a paper you can file with the insurance company advising them of the dates you won’t be there. But first of all, who thinks of that? and second, THE FIX HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED IN NEW YORK. But the basic language that causes the problem HAS been approved and will be taking effect at some point for most insurance carriers.